Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty was presented with the Silver Star Award for her outstanding contribution to international humanitarian causes, particularly for increasing HIV/AIDS awareness. Shilpa Shetty was crowned the winner of the British Celebrity Big Brother show

Leader of Britain’s House of Commons Jack Straw presented the award to the 31-year old actress at a gala dinner held at the Durbar Court of Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on Saturday, as part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of election of Keith Vaz, NRI leader, Labour MP and former minister for FCO.

In her brief credence speech, Shetty said Vaz played an important role when she was racially abused by some of the contestants. “He screamed the loudest,” she acknowledged. Glorifying the work of Vaz both for the Asian community and the society as a whole, Straw, who was the guest of honour, said, “Keith has worked assiduously as an ambassador for New Britain. Keith represents everything that is good in our party.”

Jack Straw, campaign manager for Gordon Brown before he was elected leader of the Labour party to succeed PM Tony Blair, said Vaz, as a member of the campaign cell, played a key role in ensuring Brown’s unanimous choice

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